Benue: Alia focused on long-term development, not palliatives, supporter says
ABUJA — A supporter of Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, Tagher Tagher Wan U Tiv, popularly known as Baba Atsar Gundu, has defended the governor’s development approach, saying the administration is prioritising long-term economic empowerment over dependence on palliatives. In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, Tagher said Governor Alia’s philosophy was centred […]
I have no interest in NUJ election —Elechi
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state has denied having special interest or candidate of choice in the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ebonyi state chapter election, slated for July 8, 2009. There has been tension among journalists in the state, as some aspirants had gone to town, boasting that they were the […]
Oshiomhole appeals to EDHA on confirmation of SUBEB nominees
Comrade Oshiomhole lamented that the N4.4 billion due to the state government was now lying in the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria attracting no interest, adding that the fund was now of no use to the government and could not be deployed for the planned renovation and equipment necessary to improve the public school system for the thousands of primary school pupils and junior secondary school students.
Fire razes NTA Owerri
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Mysterious fire, yesterday destroyed the studio and transmitters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 12, Owerri, Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the fire started from the studios of the television station. According to an eye witness account, men of the Imo State Fire Service promptly responded to the distress call, but […]
Itsekiri leaders ask FG to rebuild Gbaramatu communities
According to the statement, the leaders further called for greater local autonomy for the component ethnicities, fiscal federalism that ensures greater percentage of funds at least 50 per cent to oil producing states/homelands and enforcement of law and order for peace to reign in the region.
Vigilante group arrests six suspected kidnappers in Aba
By Anayo Okoli Aba—MEMBERS of the Abia state vigilante group, said they have arrested six suspected kidnappers in parts of Aba, the commercial city of Abia state, in the last one week. Three of the suspects were said to have been arrested in their hideout in a village in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council, […]
